[Second] Lord10 What shall he have that kill'd the deer?11 His leather skin and horns to wear.12 Then sing him home;

The rest shall bear this burden:i.e., everybody sing the chorus! 13. Take thou no scorn to wear the horn: do not disdain to wear the horn. At this point the song becomes a good-natured satire in which it is asserted that every married man wears the horns of a cuckold. 14. crest:heraldic device.

The rest shall bear this burden.

13 Take thou no scorn to wear the horn;14 It was a crest ere thou wast born:15 Thy father's father wore it,16 And thy father bore it:17 The horn, the horn, the lusty horn18 Is not a thing to laugh to scorn.